Festival Promotion Workshops are held across the province to promote District Festivals and encourage entry.

SMFA/SRMTA Workshop Opportunity (2026-2027)

SMFA is pleased to announce this partnership with the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association, offering affiliated District Festivals an opportunity to invite an experienced member of the SRMTA to conduct a workshop for students and their teachers.
INFORMATION
District Festivals must submit a FUNDING APPLICATION no later than November 6, 2026.
COMING SOON – a list of participating SRMTA clinicians

Speech Arts Workshop

March 29 Webinar Recording
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Webinar Handout

SMFA Speech Arts Manual (1997)  Class numbers no longer correspond with the SMFA Syllabus.

Speech Arts Workshops bring clinicians into the community to promote speech arts. The aim of speech arts is to encourage an appreciation of:

• literature
• language
• spoken and dramatic arts
• and to improve communication skills.

Speech Arts & Saskatchewan Music Festivals
Speech-Arts-Resource-2015
Spoken Word-Information for Schools-2023

Adjudicator Training Workshops

Each year over 170 Professional Adjudicators are hired through the SMFA Provincial office on behalf of more than 40 District Music Festivals. This provides an enhanced degree of impartiality. Training workshops are available, as well as, one-on-one training through a hands-on shadowing opportunities with an experienced Adjudicator.